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Dylan Moran (born November 3 , 1971 ) is a BAFTA and Perrier Award -winning Irish Comedian , Actor and Writer . He is most famous for his work on the television sitcom '' Black Books '', in which he both co-wrote and starred as the sour, drunken bookshop owner Bernard Black , and his role as David in the comedy film '' Shaun Of The Dead ''. Moran is a regular performer at national and international comedy festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival , Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Kilkenny Comedy Festival . EARLY LIFE Moran was born in Navan , County Meath , Ireland . He attended St. Patrick's Classical School (with Tommy Tiernan ) and left at age 161 with no qualifications and apparently spent four jobless years "drinking and writing bad poetry".2 He once worked as a florist for a week but hated it. CAREER Moran fell into comedy at age 20 after watching Ardal O'Hanlon and other comedians perform at Dublin's Comedy Cellar, a small 90-seater comedy club with no microphone. He had a go at standup at the Comedy Cellar in 1992 and, while nervous, got a good reception. — attracted by there being no need for qualifications. Between 1995 and 1996 Moran wrote a weekly column for The Irish Times . Moran's talent was acknowledged in 1993 when he won the So You Think You're Funny award at the Edinburgh Festival . He then went on to become the youngest person to win the Perrier Comedy Award in 1996 at Edinburgh Festival at age 24. 'Gurgling For Money' was Moran's first major one man stand up UK tour in 1997. He went on to perform at many other festivals including the Hay Festival , Montreal Comedy Festival , Vancouver Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Festival. In 1998 he won his first major television role in the BBC 2 sitcom '' How Do You Want Me? '' with Charlotte Coleman , playing Ian Lyons. Dylan then won a small role in the 1999 movie '' Notting Hill '' as Rufus the Thief. in '' Black Books '']] In 2000, ''Black Books'' was first aired on Channel 4. The sitcom about a miserable, unsociable, drunken book shop owner, Bernard Black, was the original idea of Moran and brought into existence with the aid of co-writer and fellow Irishman Graham Linehan . The second series was televised in 2002, and the third, which aired in 2004, was greeted with great enthusiasm by critics and fans alike. Moran can also be seen playing David in 2004's "RomZomCom", '' Shaun Of The Dead ''. 2004 saw Moran taking to the road again with his new show, Monster II, including performances in New York and Milan , as well as a zig-zag tour around Britain, culminating in a week-long run at London's Palace Theatre, before two shows at Dublin's Vicar street, and finally an appearance at the Hay Festival. The tour was described by '' The Times '' as a "masterclass of comic charisma: swinging from topic to topic in a manner seemingly spontaneous but actually tightly organised". A popular poll commissioned by Channel 4 ranked him the 17th Greatest Comedy Stand-up.3 A live DVD of the Monster II tour, filmed May 28th at Dublin's Vicar Street, is on general release. This is Moran's first live stand-up DVD. After a successful run in New York in 2004 as part of the British Comedy Invasion (including performances by top British comedians such as Eddie Izzard , Bill Bailey and Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan ) Moran returned to New York for a month-long run at the Village Theatre. He then performed a two-week London West End run at the Wyndham's Theatre, November 1st-13th 2004. His third major tour, ''Like, Totally'', opened at the Buxton Opera House on 3 May 2006 . and as with his previous tours, the stand-up routine was accompanied by projected cartoons drawn by Moran himself. A DVD of the tour was released in December 2006. During his April and May 2007 tour of Australia the promoting company underestimated his appeal. His planned tour of Sydney encompassed four shows in mid-sized venues but when they rapidly sold out the promoter was forced to add more and more performances, booked into any available theatre. This culminated with nearly ten extra performances, triumphantly ending with five sell out nights at the 2000 seat State Theatre. It also pushed his voice to the limit, leaving him somewhat hoarse by the final performance. PERSONAL LIFE Dylan married his wife Elaine on 4 September 1997 in London. They have two children (Siobhan and Simon) and currently reside in Edinburgh. APPEARANCES
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